15 Origin Stories of Your Favorite Video Game Characters You Probably Don’t Know

TINGLE (THE LEGEND OF ZELDA)

Tingle is a character that has appeared in countless The Legend of Zelda games, so given how we’ve all gotten used to him over the years, it’s sometimes easy to forget just how weird he is. Just look at him- his clothes, the way he moves, the way he speaks. He’s just weird. And while he’s a recurring characters in a number of games in the series, Majora’s Mask, which is also when he made his first appearance, at least tried to explain why he is the way he is. Tingle is, apparently, a 35 year old man who is obsessed with forest fairies, and as such, he chooses to dress like them as well. Though we’re not sure if the green one-piece tights and the red underwear on top of them could really be described as “fairy-wear”…